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(No Model.)

B. H. HUTGHINSON.

GLOVE FASTENING.

Patented May 20, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT H. HUTOI-IINSON, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

GLOVE-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 428,100, dated May 20,1890.

Application filed October 5, 1889.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT H. HUTCHINSON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in the city, county, and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Glove-Fastenings, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to glove-fastening devices in which a cord ispassed through openings and over retaining devices, and has for itsobject to produce such a fastener as will be convenient and reliable, aswill be hereinafter more particularly set forth.

Referringto the accompanying drawings, in which the same letters ofreference indicate corresponding parts in each of the figures, Figure 1is a view of the upper portion of a glove partly unlaced, showing onestyle of my fastener. Fig. 2 is a view of the same laced, and showingsome of the rings suspended upon the loops; and Figs. 3 to 15,inclusive, are different styles of the fastener.

In the ordinary style of glove A, having an opening or slit 13 in thewrist portion, itis .very important that the edges of the slit be drawnas closely together as possible when the glove is on the hand to presentaneat and tidy appearance. To accomplish this quickly is an importantconsideration, as is also the ability to as quickly release the fastenerwhen the glove is to be removed.

My invention therefore consists in providing the glove along one edge ofthis slit with a series of openings 0, which can be formed in the glovein the ordinary manner, and also in providing the opposite edge with acorresponding series of retaining devices D. A lacing-cord E is thensecured at one end tothe glove near the lowest opening and passedthrough the opening through a loose runner F, back through thesame-opening and then forward to the succeeding openings, where the sameprocess is repeated until each opening has a loop' projecting throughit, and each loop is provided with a ring or runner which prevents theloop from being withdrawn from the opening, and by means of which theloop is made to engage with the corresponding fastening device upon theopposite side of the slit B.

The runners F can be made plain and round, as shown in Fig. 14, or theymay be made ob- Serial No. 326,079. (No model.)

long or pear-shaped, as shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5, having the centralportion G large enough to pass over the head of the button when securingthe fastener, and having the contracted portion H, which engages withthe neck or stem of the bu ton or stud and prevents the ring frombecoming unfastened until released by hand. If desired, either style ofring may be provided with a small tassel I, by means of which it may bethe more easily grasped by the fingers in lacing or unlacing the glove.The style of ring shown in Fig. 3, and which I shall call the tonguedring, may also be formed or provided with another ring K, through whichthe cord may be passed, instead of through the large central portion G,and which will permit ofthe freest movement of the cordthrough the ringwhen lacing the glove. Of coursethese rings and the tassels can befinished as elaborately as desired, and thus add to the beauty of theglove by their attractive appearance.

Instead of having the rings engage with the fasteners, as abovedescribed, they may be used merely for the purpose of passing the loopsin the lacing-cord over the different studs and then letting them hang,upon one strand of the loop between the opening and the stud, as shownin Fig. 2. WVhen arranged in this manner, they can also be used toassist very materially in disengaging the loops from the buttons, asthey can be more easily grasped by the fingers than could the nakedcord; or only one or two of them could be left to dangle upon the cordin this manner while the others are made to engage with the fasteners.

By means of the lacing-cord being looped through each opening, as abovedescribed, wrinkling of the glove is prevented and a more direct pull isobtained in closing the opening of the glove than when the cord extendsdiagonally from the buttons or openings on one side to those upon theother; and by passing the cord from the one opening to the other uponthe inside of the glove, as shown in Fig. 1, a neater appearance issecured, and especially when the loops of the cord have been drawn up asmuch as possible, as no part of the cord will then be visible except avery small portion of the loops, which can be almost, if not entirely,hidden by means of the rings upon the loops.

Instead of making the glove especially for my fastener or providing itwith special attachments, the ordinary buttons and eyelets orbutton-holesmay be employed, and, in fact, the ordinary button-glovesnow on the market can be provided with my fastener by using alacing-cord looped through the openings and providing each loop with aring or other attachment for-grasping it between the fingers andsecuring it upon the but-tons.

Other forms of my fastener may be used, as a bar L, straight, as shownin Fig. 9, or bent at an angle, as shown in Figs. b, 7, and 8, andhaving a ring at one end and a T-head M at the other, which is fastenedby passing the head through an oblong eyelet N and then turning it untilthe head stands across the opening, as shown in Fig. 8; or the end ofthe bar may be provided with a head 0, as shown in Fig. 10,01 made intoa book, as shown in Fig. 11; or it may be made in the form of a head Ihaving a hook or knob Q, as shown in Figs. 12 and 13; orit maybe made asa U-shaped tube R, which fits over or around a similarly-shapedhalf-round tube S, which is secured to the glove, as shown in Fig. 15.

In use the glove is drawn upon the hand in the usual manner and theloops of the lacin g-cord or the runners secured upon the loops aresecured to the retaining devices opposite thereto. The cord is thendrawn until the edges of the opening of the glove have been made toapproach each other as closely as desired. The free end of the cord isthen secured to an ordinary stud or book upon the glove by means of aring or tassel, or it may be secured in any other manner. To unlace theglove the operation is reversed, the cord being long enough to permit ofthe loops being enlarged or lengthened to be disengaged from theretaining devices.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 17 In a glove-fastening,the combination, with a glove having a slittcd portion and having aseries of holes on one side ol. the slit, of retaining devices upon theopposite side, a continuous cord formed into loops, each loop projectingthrough a single opening and. adapted to engage with a retaining device,and a runner upon each loop, substantially as described.

2. In a glo\"e-'lastening, the combination, with a glove having aslitted portion and having a series of holes on one side of the slit, ofretaining devices upon the opposite side, a continuous cord formed intoloops, each loop projecting through a single opening and adapted toengage with a retaining device, and a ring for each loop, substantiallyas described.

3. In a glove-fastening, the combination, with a glove having a slittedportion and having a series of holes on one side of the slit, of

retaining devices upon the opposite side, a

continuous cord formed into loops, each loop projecting through a singleopening and adapted to engage with a retaining device, and a tonguedring for each loop, substantially as described.

4. In a glove-fastening, the combination, with a glove having a slittedportion and having a series of holes on one side of the slit, ofretaining devices upon the opposite side, a continuous cord formed intoloops, each loop projecting through a single opening and adapted toengage with a retaining device, a ring on each loop, and a tongued ringsecured to the ring upon the loop, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT ll. IIU"CIIINSON. lVitnesses:

GEORGE T. MOYNAN, P. F. MAGUIRE.

